请客 (請客)
qǐng kè
Pinyin

Definition

请客 (請客)
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qǐng kè
  1. to give a dinner party
  2. to entertain guests
  3. to invite to dinner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

客户
kè hù
  1. 1 client
  2. 2 customer
客户端
kè hù duān
  1. 1 client (computing)
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
乘客
chéng kè
  1. 1 passenger
侠客
xiá kè
  1. 1 chivalrous person
  2. 2 knight-errant

Idioms (6)

反客为主
fǎn kè wéi zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
  1. 1 sb of literary abilities (idiom)
宾客盈门
bīn kè yíng mén
  1. 1 guests filled the hall (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors

Sample Sentences

今天我请客。
jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè 。
I'll take care of the bill today.
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今天我请客。
jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè 。
It’s my treat today.
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你要请客我当然没问题啦。
nǐ yào qǐngkè wǒ dāngrán méi wèntí la 。
Of course I have no problems if you want to treat me.
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别这么说，你帮了我很多。想吃什么？我请客！
bié zhèmeshuō ，nǐ bāng le wǒ hěn duō 。xiǎng chī shénme ？wǒ qǐngkè ！
Don't say that, you helped me a lot. What would you like to eat? I'll pay!
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你也太幸运了吧？既然说出来了，就得请客咯。
nǐ yě tài xìngyùn le ba ？jìrán shuō chūlái le ，jiù děi qǐngkè lo 。
You have some luck, eh? Since you told me, you should shout me a meal.
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要我请客可以啦，只是赢的钱不太多，不能请什么好东西。
yào wǒ qǐngkè kěyǐ la ，zhǐshì yíng de qián bùtài duō ，bùnéng qǐng shénme hǎo dōngxi 。
If you want me to pay for you, I can, but the amount of money I won wasn't that much, so I can't get you anything too fancy.
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一直说请客，但一直不出现，他这个人真没意思。
yīzhí shuō qǐngkè ，dàn yīzhí bù chūxiàn ，tā zhè ge rén zhēn méiyìsi 。
He always says he wants to buy dinner, but he never turns up, he's all talk.
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哟，老李要请客呀，有什么好事儿啊？
yō ，lǎolǐ yào qǐngkè ya ，yǒu shénme hǎo shìr a ？
Hey, what's so good that Lao Li is inviting you out?
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是嘛，那你可要请客呀。
shì ma ，nà nǐ kě yào qǐngkè ya 。
Really? So you have to invite me out to dinner.
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才大二就要请客吃饭啦？那请客算五百。一千五够吃了吧？
cái dà èr jiùyào qǐngkè chīfàn la ？nà qǐngkè suàn wǔbǎi 。yīqiānwǔ gòu chī le ba ？
You're only a sophomore and you're already treating people to meals? Then treating people to dinner comes to five hundred kuai. Then one thousand five hundred should be enough, right?
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